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TO GO WITH STORY 'SRI LANKA-ECONOMY-GARMENTS' In this photograph dated 15 June 2007, Sri Lankan garment factory worker Dinendra Priyadarshani stitches a pair of denim jeans for a top international label at a factory in Avissawella, some 56 kms from Colombo. Sri Lanka's three-billion USD garment industry accounts for more than half its seven billion USD in export earnings. It provides jobs to nearly one million people and nearly all garments are shipped to the US and European Union. AFP PHOTO/Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI (Photo credit should read LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP via Getty Images)

TO GO WITH STORY 'SRI LANKA-ECONOMY-GARMENTS'  In this photograph dated 15 June 2007, Sri Lankan garment factory worker Dinendra Priyadarshani stitches a pair of denim jeans for a top international label at a factory in Avissawella, some 56 kms from Colombo.  Sri Lanka's three-billion USD garment industry accounts for more than half its seven billion USD in export earnings. It provides jobs to nearly one million people and nearly all garments are shipped to the US and European Union.   AFP PHOTO/Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI (Photo credit should read LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP via Getty Images)